The Department of Health has been notified of 4,962 new coronavirus cases and seven further deaths.  With the numbers escalating so quickly, how should we try to respond? To discuss we were joined by Paul Moynagh Professor of Immunology and Director of the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health research at Maynooth University.

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